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On the verge of giving up, anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives, Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility f…
"Two thousand Italian partisans took the city of Alba on October 10, 1944, and two hundred lost it to the Fascists on November 2. Among the bedraggled fighters in this historic twenty-three-day siege was Beppe Fenoglio. He later made his debut as a writer with The Twenty-three D…
-- The Midnight Zone Groff's evocative storytelling and knife-sharp intelligence first transport the reader, then jolt us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accu…
"Braverman challenges mythological nuclear family roles in her memorable collection of new stories"-- "Haunting new stories about girls on the brink of adulthood, women on the verge of breakdowns, and families undone by past deceptions"--
"Braverman challenges mythological nuclear family roles in her memorable collection of new stories"-- "Haunting new stories about girls on the brink of adulthood, women on the verge of breakdowns, and families undone by past deceptions"--
For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Mary Shelley, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Shelley's life a…
These eleven short fictions evoke the microcosmic worlds every human relationship contains. A woman iscaptivated by the stories her boyfriend tells about his exes. A faltering artist goes on a date with a marriedcouple. Twin brothers work out their rivalry via the girl next door…
At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah Eisenberg?s stories gently compel us to confront the most disturbing truths about ourselves?from our intimate lives as lovers, parents, and children, …
In these ten elegantly written short stories, Caitlin Hamilton Summie takes readers from WWII Kansas City to a poor, drug-ridden neighborhood in New York, and from the quiet of rural Minnesota to its pulsing Twin Cities, each time navigating the geographical boundaries that shap…
"The beloved and acclaimed William Trevor's last ten stories With a career that spanned more than half a century, William Trevor is regarded as one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. Now, in Last Stories, the master storyteller delivers ten exquisitely…
Nesta edição especial, que reúne pela primeira vez seus principais livros e outras tantas histórias esparsas, o leitor encontra a mais completa antologia de contos da autora.